The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-15
WHEEL NOTES.

.. JENSEN, tu6 WdtCuinohO Lbs
sold MS American Safety to Horace
Ensign, Jr., and purchased 4S-lnch
Special Star.
"THE DRIVE" and State Road are in
excellent condition now, and the wheel
man who misses a. m. ride doesn t
appreciate what he is losing.
Mr.. F. 81. AYERS, city editor of the
Hartford CourGnt, is an enthusiastic trl-
cycIer. He considers his tricycle. almost
as good as an extra reporter in local
work on newspaper.
BICYCLING BEATS boating, batting,
bathing, bowling, boxing, botanIzlng,
understanding, by bringing bounding
bodies, brawny backs, buoyant brains,
and has become the boss banisher of
billiousness, blues, and all bothering
besetments.
"WHAT is the Bicycle man doing
father? See! ne has Jumped For
ward from his Wheel and is putting his
Face to the Earth Is he Kissing 1t Pr
No, my son; the Man has his Ear to
the Earth. Gle is listening. He tt o lght
he heard Something Drop"
a MATCH between three bicycles aud
Russian trotter took place April 18th
in Vienna, The prize was 1000 and
the distance 10000 metres. After the
second round the bicyciists took the
lead, and, after a 10 minute race, the
horse was easily beaten.
THERE WILL be bathing train" Obi
cycles) for Beck's Hot Springs, leaving
the Temple Block corner at 8 o clock.
Any wheelman intending to take bath
this spring will do well to join. Fare for
the round trip, including the use of
water, 25 cents; towels and dressing
rooms free. Bathing suits (pre- Eve-ite)
mo charge.
CAPTAIN T. o. ANGEL announces that
on an after Wednesday, May 18th, there
will be regular club runs, leaving Penn
br ke's store at $50 o'clock. Five min
utes grace allowed. All wheelmen,
whether club members or not, are in
vited to join the runs. which are al
ways very enjoyable. Turn out, boys,
and be on hand promptly.
THERE is nothing new under the sun.
In the city archives of Nuremberg, is
kept velocipede of the year 1868, and
IN an old book dated 1903, entitled
Historical Accounts of the Nuremberg
Mathematical Artists" occurs this pas
sage: Stephen Farfiers, of Altdorf,
went to work and constructed little
wagon on three wheels, in which, by
means of an artistical arrangement, he
managed to drive to church without
any assistance" Hence the tricycle. is
only the revival of an old invention
New York Tribune.
THE GLITTERING possibilities of the
new Singer four-in-hand tricycle. and
its capability to an almost unlimited
extension in the way of accommodating
a great number of riders, opens many
new possibilities in cycling. With this
machine, it will be possible, for instance
for the Sultan of Turkey TO take out the
264 Mrs. Sultans on tandem ride. For
the same reason. L expect large sale
for them in Utah among the Mormons.
Colonel Pope's projected cycling path
from New York to Philadelphia now
receives a new impetus. Think of
cycling train, starting every hour. Vic
torias, conveying a dozen riders, start
in straight, smooth path for a ninety
mile run, and passengers liter ~ work
their way and earn their passage by the
sweat of their brow.-Bulleti,a Cores
pOndence.
The RIDING season is now upon US,
the arrival of new wheels being proof
positive, if any were necessary. Penn
broke, who is now agent. received full
nickel, hollow frame, 81 inch Star-a
beauty too-you should call and see 1t
in his show window. Next came a
Colum bia-the Old standby crank BIZ
cycle, for Barnes & Davis. "Cranks
may come, and cranks may go, but
COlumb ia goes on forever" Evans &
Spencer received a 54-inch Light
Champion" the new crank wheel
brought out by Gormully & Jeffrey, of
Chicago. This has several improve
ments over other wheels, and It's worth
while to investigate it. The handle
bars are especially a novelty. In ad-
dition to these, there has been lively
buying and selling of last years wheels,
and there will be a host OF new riders
before the leaves begin to turn. There
seems to be general looking towards
safety bicycles, in preference to the
regular style, and the "Star" promises
to be specially popular.
p THE GAINESVILLE road race will, from
all probabilities, be the great race OF this
decade. Almost every manufacturer
and agent in the United States will have
upward OF five men on their respective
machines. and very fast time is antici-
pated. The supremacy OF the best road
machine will depend to certain extent
on this race, provided every contestant
rides fair and square. It will certainly
demonstrate to the world that Amer
lean riders are by no means behind the
times in speed. The value of the first
and second prizes is $3.50. and l Judge
the race will have more enthusiasm
than race where medals are given that
will float on water.-Athlete. The first
prize is silver CLIP. the handsomest
and most expensive ever given as
bicycle trophy. 1t will be twenty-four
inches high, and contain nearly 200
ounces OF silver. The work will be the
most chastened delicate that silver will
permit. Wont the boys work hard to
win it? And won. some fellows best
girl be envied above all others. when
she has it on exhibition in a glass case
on centre table? Oh, no.